Lindy LF1TBELRG User Manual

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LINDY CPU Switch Smart

Installation and Use

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4.8 Cascade query code

The LINDY CPU Switch Smarts use a special ‘query code’ to detect whether or not

they are connected to another LINDY CPU Switch Smart. By default your LINDY

CPU Switch Smart uses query code AD. LINDY CPU Switch Junior OSD (another

range of keyboard / mouse / video switches from LINDY Technology) units with

firmware versions less than 1.09 used query code EF. This was found to conflict

with a small number of other (rare) devices that used the same query code so an

alternative query code was provided to ensure compatibility. Either query code may

be used but you should make sure that all cascaded LINDY CPU Switch Smart and

LINDY CPU Switch Junior OSD units are set to use the same query code. If any of

the cascaded LINDY CPU Switch Junior OSDs have firmware versions less than

1.09 then the cascade query code for all the LINDY CPU Switch Smarts and LINDY

CPU Switch Junior OSDs should be set to EF.

L7 – Cascade query code = AD (default)

L8 – Cascade query code = EF

4.9 Resolving slow mouse problems

Due to certain technical reasons some systems running particular combinations of

operating system and mouse drivers are sensitive to small timing changes relating

to mouse communications. The introduction of a switch like the LINDY CPU Switch

Smart inevitably causes some timing changes and in rare cases interactions have

been observed that causes the mouse to run very slowly. Certain HP Vectra

computers running later versions of Windows NT with Logitech mouse drivers and

Logitech mice have been observed to exhibit such interactions with older switches.

One solution to this problem is to change the mouse driver.

The LINDY CPU Switch Smart is a high performance device that is carefully

engineered to minimise such interactions and should not exhibit this characteristic.

Nevertheless such interactions are unpredictable and so the LINDY CPU Switch

Smart is fitted with a feature that ensures that the mouse can never operate at a

very slow rate regardless of such interactions. This feature is activated using the

following options:

L5 – Allow the mouse to run at any speed (default)

L6 – Don't allow the mouse to run at very slow speeds

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